Comments on: Land of Giants by Choi + Shine Architectshttp://www.dezeen.com/2010/08/13/land-of-giants-by-choi-shine-architects/
architecture and design magazineSat, 01 Aug 2015 19:46:00 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2By: Jimmy Russelhttp://www.dezeen.com/2010/08/13/land-of-giants-by-choi-shine-architects/comment-page-1/#comment-1268334
Wed, 29 Oct 2014 21:51:00 +0000http://www.dezeen.com/?p=91411#comment-1268334Possibly the most ridiculous comment I’ve ever read on Dezeen. As a structural engineer I work closely with many many architects. The input from all members of a design team is vital for a commercially, physically and aesthetically viable structure. Engineers are not ‘nerds’ that lack ‘vision’. It’s these idiotic generalisations that prove you’re either very young or very immature.

I can also tell you right now that if you think computers will replace a good engineer any time soon, you are very, very wrong. You clearly have no idea what you are talking about. I expect that any architect browsing this comment section would agree. Please stop posting.

]]>By: E. Mockhttp://www.dezeen.com/2010/08/13/land-of-giants-by-choi-shine-architects/comment-page-1/#comment-1272142
Wed, 29 Oct 2014 00:27:00 +0000http://www.dezeen.com/?p=91411#comment-1272142Architects should really start improving to match up to the laws of physics and economics. Or maybe the taxes should be raised to 90% of one’s earnings. This way we could make the world a more beautiful place.
]]>By: E. Mockhttp://www.dezeen.com/2010/08/13/land-of-giants-by-choi-shine-architects/comment-page-1/#comment-1272141
Wed, 29 Oct 2014 00:22:00 +0000http://www.dezeen.com/?p=91411#comment-1272141He does not dislike change or new things. The shape of the pylons is simply useless. Since they are a construction that will have to be repeated many times over many kilometres, the costs of designing every individual pylon, instead of very large groups of them, would come out multiple times larger.

Those structures are much more complex than a typical truss (modern lines are set up on even simpler pylons based on a single steel pole, which requires only one design, maybe alternated in some extreme cases).

Secondly, the concepts shown would endure huge stress at the base of those pylons. There is a reason why they are wider at the bottom. In short, the proposed designs are a contradiction to the laws of physics. The architect is most likely quite poor due to lack of such basic technical knowledge. A construction, beyond an aesthetic purpose should be also executable and economically viable. You either prefer typical, dull trusses which span over uninhabited fields, or you can donate a large sum of your earnings to make nice pylons over fields that you will never (or rarely) visit yourself.

]]>By: Checkhttp://www.dezeen.com/2010/08/13/land-of-giants-by-choi-shine-architects/comment-page-1/#comment-1259678
Thu, 12 Sep 2013 14:38:00 +0000http://www.dezeen.com/?p=91411#comment-1259678The best products designed are the ones that are in a middle point between functionality
and aesthetics. It´s true that it may be sort of un-functional, but not all product do balance aesthetics and functionality. And this one is beautiful.
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Thu, 12 Sep 2013 11:01:00 +0000http://www.dezeen.com/?p=91411#comment-1250354D.F.Wallace would cry in the view of these monstrosities….
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